ATLANTA -- June Jones says his primary focus is on a contract extension that will keep him at the University of Hawaii. But should negotiations not produce a new agreement in the next 7-10 days, he told ESPN.com he would have an interest in the Georgia Tech coaching vacancy.

	June Jones has a pair of nine-win seasons at Hawaii.

Jones acknowledged that he has been phoned by Georgia Tech alums to gauge his interest in a job that became available when George O'Leary departed for Notre Dame. But he emphasized that he has not been formally contacted by Yellow Jackets athletic director Dave Braine.

Jones is the former coach of the Atlanta Falcons, and remains popular here. He said he is flattered that his name has been mentioned in conjunction with the Georgia Tech post.

"My hope is that we'll work out something (with Hawaii)," said Jones, "and we've been talking about that for some time now. I've committed to this program, but there are some things that the school has to do, too, and those things aren't all financial. We need to upgrade (the program)."

Braine has begun his pursuit of a successor to O'Leary. Tuesday, the university formed a six-person search committee.

Among the potential candidates are Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, Central Florida head coach Mike Kruczek and Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe.

Braine was the former athletic director at Virginia Tech and is expected to rely heavily on the advice of Hokies head coach Frank Beamer, who said Tuesday he will not be a candidate himself.

Jones' Hawaii team finished 9-3 this season, including a 72-45 thrashing of previously undefeated Brigham Young last Saturday, but is not going to a bowl game.

The turnaround Jones has achieved with a team that was winless the season before he arrived in 1999 has been incredible. The Rainbow Warriors were 9-4 his first season, and Jones earned national coach of the year honors for presiding over the greatest statistical turnaround in NCAA history. The team slumped to 3-9 last season before rebounding this year.

Employing his trademark "run-and-shoot" offense, with four wide receivers, Jones' team finished second in the country in passing offense.

"People there know what we're about offensively," said Jones, "and I think they would be pretty excited about it. The one thing we have always done is throw the ball and score."

Jones, 48, allowed he is "still sore" from a one-car accident that nearly took his life in April. But he said he if fully recovered from massive injuries and that they did not preclude him this year from performing any of his coaching duties.

In his three seasons with the Falcons, for whom he once played as a backup quarterback, Jones posted a 19-30 record from 1994-96 and led the team to the playoffs in his second season. He was 3-7 as the interim head coach of the San Diego Chargers in 1998 and turned down a four-year contract offer from the NFL franchise to accept the Hawaii job.